Acta Musei Beskidensis 2014, 6:128-130 | https://doi.org/10.70231/amb.2014.012

First record of alien cockroach Cariblatta imitans (Blattodea: Ectobiidae) in Europe

Libor Dvořák1, Jiří Hromádka2, Martin Suvák3
1 Municipal Museum Mariánské Lázně, Goethovo náměstí 11, CZ-353 01 Mariánské Lázně, Czech Republic
2 U Bažantnice 362, CZ-159 00 Velká Chuchle, Czech Republic
3 Botanical Garden of P. J. Šafárik University, Mánesova 23, SK-043 52 Košice, Slovakia

The surviving population of the alien cockroach Cariblatta imitans was discovered in the Victoria greenhouse of Botanical Garden of Pavol Jozef Šafárik Univerzity in Košice, Slovakia. Cariblatta population probably originates from the Nicaragua, where some plants were collected in 2000 during an expedition with participation of Botanical Garden. These records are the first from the whole Europe and the first ones outside the species' native range.

Keywords: Blattodea, Ectobiidae, Slovakia, greenhouse, alien species

Published: March 1, 2014  Show citation

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Dvořák, L., Hromádka, J., & Suvák, M. (2014). First record of alien cockroach Cariblatta imitans (Blattodea: Ectobiidae) in Europe. Acta Musei Beskidensis, 6(vol. 6), 128-130. doi: 10.70231/amb.2014.012
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